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We finally made it to Bali! The part of our trip I´ve been waiting for so long. We´ve booked a nice villa for the fist four nights in Seminyak a quiet part just outside of Kuta. The transport from the airport was included in the service of the villa, so we got picked up by a nice driver and didn´t have to deal with negotiating with taxi drivers. As we arrived at the villa we were speechless. We´ve seen photos in advance and I´ve shown all my ...

... like a bay leaf. The trees are dotted with small red, dense berry like fruits that are picked and dried down to the brown nail-like form that we know. On a walk later this day, we stop to break one fruit open and the aroma is predictably intense, but fresh and less woodsy. This region is a clove production powerhouse, and the hillsides are dominated with the multi-coloured hue of this tree which they locally refer to as green gold.

... leaves and chili. Then came the time to get our hands dirty when we cooked some traditional dishes, which formed our lunch for the afternoon. It was so tasty, especially as it involved our own persona culinary skills :o) - we would highly recommend the Anika cooking class to those of you visiting Bali.

This morning the kids in us emerged as we went to Asia's number one water park, Waterbom. I was quite anxious as a past visit to a water park outside of ...

... the next day. We would be visiting the Mother Temple, a coffee and spice farm, rice terraces, Bedugal Temple and the Monkey Forest Temple. When the heavens closed and it stopped raining we decided to see some real culture. We bought tickets to a Ketcha and Trance Dance. Finding the temple where the dance was turned out to be a challenge. It was much harder than the ticket clerk had said. A 100 metre walk turned into a 15 minute search up the back alleys of Ubud going off directions ...